# Professor Nicholas Economides argues that the development of 5G technologies are not a justification for a T-Mobile-Sprint merger

1 Faculty News May 22, 2018 ![Fortune logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031172.jpg?itok=61CxYB-R)>

Excerpt from [Fortune](http://http://fortune.com/2018/05/22/t-mobile-sprint-merger-make-it-work/) -- "'No matter how you cut it, 5G is not a legitimate justification for this merger,' NYU economics professor and telecom expert [Nicholas Economides](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/nicholas-economides) says. New 5G networks are years away, he says, arguing the real justification for the deal is higher prices."

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